Improvement in horse-collars



UNITED STATES PATENT Critici?,O

CHARLES FISHER, OE WAUKON, Iowa.

iMPROVEM ENT IN HORSE-COLLARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,497', dated February 9, 1864.

same, reference being had to the accompany' ing drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure l is an inner side view ot one half of a horse-collar, constructed according to my invention Fig. 2, a front or face view of the whole collar; Fig. 3, an edge view of one halt of the collar, showing the manner in which it is adjusted to suit the neck ot' the horse.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a *horse-collar, for which Letters vPatent were granted to me bearing date July 17, 1860.

The present within-described invention consists in constructing two parts of the collar, each with a joint or hinge arranged in such a manner that said parts will be capable of being adjusted so that the collar may be made to suit horses of diit'erent sizes.

The invention further consists in having the pivoted haines made shorter than those ofthe original or patented collar, and having their front ends connected by a curved plate and strap, all being s0 arranged that the animal to which the collar is applied will have a greater freedom of motion than hitherto, while all the advantages ot' the original collar are preserved.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand. and construct my invention, I will proceed to 'describe it. l

A A represent the two side pieces of the collar, connected at their upper and lower ends by straps a a, as heretofore. These side pieces may be constructed of wood, and each is divided or cut entirely through in a transverse direction, and the two parts connected by a hinge, b,as shown 'in Figs. l and 3, the hinges being at the inner surfaces of the side pieces. To the outer surfaces of the upper Y portions of the side pieces, A A, lthere are attached metal plates B, one to each. These plates B extend over the cuts which divide the two side pieces of the collar, and ascrew, c, passes through the lower end of each plate l into any one ot a number of holes, d, made iu the lower portions of the side pieces, A. By thus adjusting the screws c in ditt'erent holes d, in connection with the adjustment of the straps a at the upper and lower ends of the side pieces, the side pieces, A, may be placed in a more or less oblique position with each other, as shown in Fig. 3, and the collarmade to suit animals of different sizes.

A perfect-fitting collar is a great acquisition in all cases. It enables a horse to perform the work required of him without being harrassed by the chatlng or rubbing of the collar.

G C represent the hames, which are con structed of'metal and attached to the side pieces, A A, by hinged joints e in precisely the same way as those ot the original or pat'- ented collar previously referred to. The haines U C, however, are shorter and straighter than those originally used, and their front ends are connected by a curved plate, D, and straps ll. This plate D is provided with a lip or iiange, f, at its upper and lower edge, which form agroove to receive the strap E, the latter being retained in the groove by cross-pieces h. The strap E is connected to the front ends of the haines C C, the plate D being thereby retained in proper position between the front ends of the llames, and `serving as an extension for the hames and admit ting vof the latter by taking up or letting out the strap E-being adjusted as circumstances may require in order to give perfect freedom to the movement of the collar and haines.

The haines in the original patented collar were longer than the ones of the present invention, and their front ends were connected directly by a strap. This arrangement, although advantageous to a certain degree, would not admit of the perfect adjustment of the present invention, for the shortening of the hames, with their tritling curvature, and the addition of the curved plate D, give a certain degree ot1 flexibility to the hames, enabling them to move and adjust themselves to the motions of the animal. ln my present improvement, also, the hames may be but little curved, so that the joints e and the front ends of the llames C, when the collar is in use, will be nearly in line.

Eaving thus1 described my invention, what 2. The combination of the pivoted hanne I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters C C, plate D, and strap E, arranged and ap- Patent, isplied substantially in the manner as and for 1. Dividing the side pieces, A A, of the ythe purpose herein set forth. collar transversely into two parts and connecting said parts by a hinge or joint, b, in oonnection with the plates B and screw c, or an Vitnesses: equivalent fastening, all arranged subst-zur 1 tially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

CHAS. FISHER.

W. E. ROSE, B. A. Rosn. 

